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('alifornia and Hon. Peter '. Meldrim of Savannah, Ga.

Missouri-—The Mis‘ouri Bar Asso

at Wahpeton, N. D., Sept. 5-6. subject was “Courts of Review."

His

Virginia. —— The twenty-third annual

ciation held its twenty-ninth annual

meeting of the Virginia State Bar Asso

meeting at Kansas City, Sept. 22~23.

ciation was held at Hot Springs, Va,

The annual address was read by J. J. Vineyard, the president, followed by a paper on "Artiﬁciality of the Law of

The president’s address. Aug. 8-10. delivered by Judge George L. Christian. was a biographical study of Chief Jus

Evidence," by Simeon E. Baldwin. “Ex perience in the Appellate Courts of Eng

tice Taney.

land" was discussed by Dean John D.

Lawson of the Missouri Law School. Former Attorney-General R. F. Walker spoke on "The New Federal Code."

Othe' speakers were Governor Hadley and Judge Selden P. Spencer of St. Louis. Workmen's Compensation re ceived considerable discussion, P. W. Meldrim making an address on “Employ ers' Liability and Vorkmen’s Compen sation Acts." The following oﬁicers

Other papers were “Cen

tralization against Decentralization." Prof. Raleigh C. Minor; “The Life and

Character of Lord Brougham," Judge A. W. Wallace; “Abolition of Jury Trials in Civil Cases," Valter H. Taylor; and "A Permanent International Court." Helm Bruce. The question of expert testimony

was

discussed

at

some

length and the bill submitted by Mr. Whitehead at the 1910 meeting of the Association was recommended for pas

Louis, president; Judge James E. Good

sage. These officers were elected : Presi dent, J. F. Bullitt of Big Stone Gap; ice presidents, A. R. Long of Lynchburg;

rich, Kansas City, vice-president; John

J. S. Harnsberger of Harrisonburg;E.

Schaich, Kansas City, secretary; E. M. Grossman, St. Louis, treasurer.

Chambers Goode of Mecklenburg county; A. S. Higginbotham of Tazewell

were elected:—-Morton Jourdan, St.

and Hugh “7. Davis of Norfolk. Nevada. —— The Nevada State Bar Association was organized at a meeting held in Reno, Nev., Sept. 23. The offi cers elected were: Hugh H. Brown of Tonopah, president; Judge A. E. Che ney of Reno and Charles B. Henderson of Elko, vice-presidents; Robert Rich ards of Reno, secretary; and Judge George S. Brown of Reno, treasurer. With the organization of this body, Wyoming now stands alone as the only state in the Union without a bar associa tion.

Washingt0n.—The Washington Bar Association held its annual meeting at Spokane, July 27-29.

‘The papers on

the program included “The Delays of Courts," Justice Stephen J. Chadwick of the Supreme Court; “A Visit to the

Carter, of the Supreme Court of Illinois, was the chief speaker at the meeting of

Courts of Germany," F. H. Peterson, Seattle; “State and Federal Conserva tion," Russell L. Dunn, San Francisco; “Facts in the Case," Federal District Judge FrankS. Dietrich of Idaho; “The Recall of Judges," T. J. Walsh, Helena. The following officers were elected: W. T. Dovell of Seattle, president; C. Will Shafer of Olympia, secretary; Arthur Remington of Olympia, treas

the North Dakota Bar Association, held

urer.

North Dakota. —~ Chief Justice Orrin